Broken tablets : the cult of the law in French art from David to Delacroix

Author

Ribner, Jonathan P.

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

ill. (9 col.); 1 plan; sel. bibliogr.; index ; xxiii, 222 p., [8] p. of pl. ; 1993

ISBN

0-520-07749-0

Publisher

University of California Press, Berkeley (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Argues that each of France's early constitutional regimes had recourse to imagery suggesting the divine origin or sacred character of its laws; this imagery changed to reflect the ways these regimes sought to establish their legitimacy; and the legitimating discourse itself was subject to subversion and co-option by opponents of these regimes. Focuses on imagery of Moses and the Ten Commandments and their association with the law and with authority in France, 1789-1848, looking at painting, sculpture, prints and medals, as well as Delacroix's decorative cycles in the Palais-Bourbon library and the Salon du Roi, and works by Ingres and Préault.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- France
• Law
• Iconography
• Art
• France
• 1700-1900
• Politics
• Tablets of the Law
• Painting
• Prints
• Sculpture
• Medals
• Delacroix, Eugène, 1798-1863
• Mural painting
• Palais Bourbon||Paris (FRA)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- France
• Loi
• Iconographie
• Art
• France
• 1700-1900
• Politique
• Tables de la Loi
• Peinture
• Estampe
• Sculpture
• Médaille
• Delacroix, Eugène, 1798-1863
• Peinture murale
• Palais Bourbon||Paris (FRA)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940101-00337420

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